It's not incredible, when I suggested that he was targeted only because he was a Geordie there was resistance to that idea even on here. But what other reason would Ashley have actually paid good money to bring him here? He's 'one of our own' just like big Andy Carroll. Did you hear the fans singing that yesterday?
Ashley played us all for mugs after binning Rafa, and it worked.
It's all still incredible imo. We're all living in some real life perpetual punchline.